The setup for a phishing attack is complete, you have cloned Facebook and hosted it on the server. Enter y when prompted about starting the Apache process. Social Engineering Toolkit needs Apache Server running as captured data is written to the root directory of Apache.Since we chose to clone a website instead of a personalized one, the URL to be cloned is to be provided.Paste the address that you copied in the earlier step. SET will ask you to provide an IP where the credentials captured will be stored.Copy the IP address stated in ‘inet’ field.Open a new terminal window and write ifconfig

Now you need to see the IP address of the attacker machine.This might take a moment as SET creates the cloned page. Enter 2 in order to select ‘Site Cloner’.Now, the attacker has a choice to either craft a malicious web page on their own or to just clone an existing trustworthy site. Enter 3 which will select the ‘Credential Harvester Attack Method’ as the aim is to obtain user credentials by creating a bogus page that will have certain form fields.Under Social Engineering, there are various computer-based attacks and SET explains each in one line before asking for a choice. Enter 1 as the choice as in this demo we attempt to demonstrate a social engineering attack. Type y to agree to the conditions and use the tool.You will be warned that this tool is to be used only with company authorization or for educational purposes only and that the terms of service will be violated if you use it for malicious purposes. Open the terminal window in Kali and make sure you have root access as ‘setoolkit’ needs you to have root access.Basically, it implements a computer-based social engineering attack. Social Engineering Toolkit or SET for short is the standard for social engineering testing among security professionals and even beginners must have a basic idea about using the tool. The phishing link can be sent to any user on the same Local Area Network as you and the data that they enter on the fraudulent page will be stored in a file on the attacker’s machine. We will create a Facebook phishing page using Social Engineering Toolkit which is a preinstalled functionality in Kali Linux OS. Where hackers pose as a trustworthy organization or entity and trick users into revealing sensitive and confidential information. It is one of the most popular techniques of social engineering. Phishing attack using kali Linux is a form of a cyber attack that typically relies on email or other electronic communication methods such as text messages and phone calls.

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